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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF KITTITAS STATE OF WASHINGTON RESOLUTION NO.: 2024- 1 5 q- TO AUTHORIZE ABATEMENT ACTION IN SUPERIOR COURT AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS AND SET TIMETABLE FOR THE VAN GEELKERKEN ABATEMENT WHEREAS, KCC 18.05.030 provides for the Board of County Commissioners to approve commencement of abatement actions in Superior Court, to appropriate funds for such abatements, and to set timetables for such abatements; and WHEREAS, the property located at 100 Shady Glen Drive in Easton, located within Kittitas County and owned by Michael and Lorie Van Geelkerken, contains multiple code violations, which consist of the following: an eight (8) foot by eight (8) foot structure that was erected in the floodway, an unpermitted twelve (12) foot by twelve (12) foot structure that was erected in the floodway, an unpermitted twenty-six (26) foot by seventeen (17) foot concretc pad that was placed in the floodway, an unpermitted eight (8) foot by (8) foot structure that was erected upon a shoreline, a twelve (12) foot by twelve (12) foot structure that was erected upon a shoreline, an unpermitted twenty (26) foot by seventeen (17) foot concrete pad that was placed upon a shoreline; and WHEREAS, Community Development Service's Code Enforcement Officer sent a Notice of Violation and Abatement (NOVA) to Mr. and Mrs. Van Geelkerken, via certified and regular mail on February 29, 2024. Mr. and Mrs. Van Geelkerken did not appeal the NOVA, nor have they corrected the issues on the property. The County has waited the forty-five (45) day period for the Van Geelkerkens to comply. The NOVA is attached to this Resolution; and WHEREAS, it is estimated that it will cost approximately four thousand dollars ($4,000) to abate the nuisances on this property. The Auditor has recommended the Community Development Services Fund Balance as a funding source for this and other abatements. The Treasurer's office has confirmed that the property is not delinquent on taxes; and WHEREAS, this is a matter of public health, safety, and welfare, and so it is in the public's best interest that this public nuisance be abated; and WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Van Geelkerken have been given every opportunity to comply with the County code, but the issues have not been corrected to date; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners, does hereby authorize the Prosecuting Attorney and his designee to commence an abatement action against Michael and Lorie Van Geelkerken in Superior Court.